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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the SKYCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
521
Elementary
DISTRICT 484 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PINELLAS·NCES 120156001685
SKYCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
10 N CORONA AVE, CLEARWATER, FL 33765 · (727) 469-5987 · Pinellas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL521 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
348 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 57 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
60.4%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
67.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +10.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.4% | 67.3% |
| 2023-24 | 55.4% | 57.1% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
61.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 48% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Florida's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like SKYCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SKYCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (61.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SKYCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 521 | 66.8% | 61.8% |
| LAWTON CHILES ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 503 | 65.2% | 61.6% |
| POINCIANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NAPLES | 468 | 68.6% | 61.0% |
| DREAMERS ACADEMY SARASOTA | 519 | 69.4% | 44.1% |
| MILL CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KISSIMMEE | 610 | 67.0% | 31.8% |
| NOCATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NOCATEE | 475 | 70.3% | 44.4% |
Matched among Florida elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where SKYCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Pinellas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.8% | #785 of 2,136 | #50 of 90 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.3% | #763 of 2,149 ▲ 294 | #42 of 90 ▲ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.4% | #816 of 2,149 ▲ 103 | #50 of 90 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 521 | #1,338 of 2,267 | #31 of 90 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #491 of 2,077 | #63 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.7% | #1,143 of 2,108 | #57 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.8% | #592 of 2,188 | #25 of 90 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.6% | #589 of 1,374 | #35 of 75 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
521
-87 (-14%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 573
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 12.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 521 | 36 | 14.5:1 | 67% (348) |
| 2023-24 | 544 | 38 | 14.3:1 | 79% (432) |
| 2022-23 | 565 | 48 | 11.8:1 | 79% (449) |
| 2020-21 | 608 | 48 | 12.7:1 | 74% (449) |
| 2017-18 | 632 | 49 | 12.9:1 | 82% (517) |
| 2015-16 | 647 | 53 | 12.2:1 | 76% (494) |
| 2010-11 | 679 | 49 | 13.9:1 | 86% (582) |
| 2000-01 | 786 | 44 | 17.9:1 | 60% (472) |
| 1990-91 | 573 | 32 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SKYCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SKYCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SKYCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school with its address in CLEARWATER, Florida. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 521 students.
The 151 schools in PINELLAS enroll 87,955 students altogether, SKYCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
Hispanic students account for 63% of enrollment at SKYCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Other groups include 20% White, 10% Black, and 5% multiracial. The county population is about 11% Hispanic. By the diversity index, SKYCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in at 55%.
Its 36 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 14.5:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1, higher than at this school. The school's lunch program data list 67% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is 22 points above the 45% average for public schools in Pinellas County.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, SKYCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the top 10% of Florida schools: 61.8% actual against 47.7% predicted.
Census Bureau estimates for Pinellas County show that median household income is about $72,646, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. A total of 155 public schools operate in Pinellas County, serving about 87,955 students.
The nearest public school is CLEARWATER HIGH SCHOOL, at about 0.6 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, SKYCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 5th on average proficiency.
SKYCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels City: Mid-size.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 608 to 521. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (14.5:1) than in 2020-21 (12.7:1).
Questions about science fairs, picture day, and bus routes can be posted here. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Pinellas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
963,481
Census ACS
Median income
$72,646
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
155
87,955 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PINELLAS
- PALM HARBOR UNIVERSITY HIGHHigh · 2,413 students
- LARGO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,058 students
- EAST LAKE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,980 students
- DIXIE M. HOLLINS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,934 students
- ST. PETERSBURG HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,736 students
- OSCEOLA FUNDAMENTAL HIGHHigh · 1,706 students
Other schools in CLEARWATER
- CLEARWATER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,543 students
- COUNTRYSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,396 students
- CLEARWATER FUNDAMENTAL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 736 students
- OAK GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 724 students
- DISCOVERY ACADEMY OF SCIENCEElementary · 722 students
- PLUMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 704 students
Other Skycrest Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Skycrest Elementary. SKYCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Skycrest ElementaryCitrus Heights, CA · 436 students
Nearby schools
- CLEARWATER HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 1,543
- CLEARWATER FUNDAMENTAL MIDDLE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 736
- PLATO ACADEMY CLEARWATER0.7 mi · 616
- PINELLAS GULF COAST ACADEMY1.1 mi · 202
- PLUMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 704
- KINGS HIGHWAY ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL1.6 mi · 277
Frequently asked questions
About SKYCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at SKYCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SKYCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 521 students in grades PK-05.
Is SKYCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
SKYCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SKYCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SKYCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 14.5:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at SKYCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at SKYCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 20% White, 63% Hispanic, 10% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees SKYCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SKYCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by PINELLAS in Pinellas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.